Whether it’s in one area of your life or your life as a whole, if you are better off now than you were in the past, it is not the result of anything your personal ego did. In fact, it’s in spite of it! If you are better off it is only because of the Grace of God, or how God has blessed you. By being closer to God through daily meditation, and giving up your personal ego to God, you will be more attuned to what is really taking place that makes your life better now than in the past.